WITH THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Choral Arts Artistic Director Scott Tucker and Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus Norman Scribner, together with video producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, will preview and discuss their upcoming November 10th performance of the Verdi Requiem, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Musical excerpts from the Verdi will feature soloists Jonita Lattimore and Patrick O’Halloran. .
200 years after Verdi’s birthday and 50 years from JF Kennedy’s assassination, the Choral Arts Society of Washington presents Legacy and Life: A Musical and Visual Reflection. It begins with American composer Steven Stucky’s Take Him, Earth, written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Stucky used texts associated with Kennedy from Aeschylus, Prudentius, and Shakespeare, to realize a musical eulogy meant to be a universal expression of the human condition. The concert continues with Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem, featuring visual imagery. Photographs and film of Kennedy and his family, events of the times, and images of November 22, 1963 in Dallas will alternate with texts relevant to Kennedy and real-time moments of the concert. This visual and musical collage places this masterwork in a contemporary context, and commemorates the life and legacy of Kennedy.
Legacy and Life: A Musical and Visual Reflection will take place on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 4PM
LOCATION: Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC
MORE INFO: choralarts.org or 202.244.3669
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LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC 2008
DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 AND CLOSE AT 7:00PM PROMPTLY
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PLEASE NOTE: RESERVATION IS REQUIRED FOR OUR EVENTS FOR SECURITY REASONS. A RESERVATION IS NOT A GUARANTEE OF A SEAT. OUR VENUE HAS LIMITED SEATING AND WE WILL ACCOMODATE GUESTS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS. GUESTS WITHOUT SEATS ARE WELCOME TO STAND IF THEY LIKE.
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Scott Tucker
Scott Tucker was appointed Artistic Director of Choral Arts in April 2012. His 2012-2013 Choral Arts debuts, including preparing the chorus, programming concerts, and conducting, were lauded by critics and audiences as well as the Choral Arts Chorus and other seasoned artists. During last season, he prepared the Choral Arts Chorus for performances with Christoph Eschenbach and Emil de Cou. In addition to conducting several Choral Arts concerts, he led the Brahms Requiem for the New Dominion Chorale’s D.C. Summer Sing. Previously he was the P. E. Browning Director of Choral Music at Cornell University for 17 years.
Norman Scribner
Considered an institution among his choral contemporaries, Norman Scribner is one of Washington’s most versatile and respected musical figures. In 1965, Scribner founded The Choral Arts Society of Washington, an ensemble of more than 170 singers who performed for 47 years under his direction in regular concerts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other D.C.-area venues. Now Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus, Scribner developed Choral Arts into one of the major symphonic choruses in the United States. During his tenure, he led and prepared the Choral Arts Chorus for numerous performances with the world’s leading conductors and orchestras, television appearances, recordings, and national and international tours.
Bonnie Nelson Schwartz
Bonnie Nelson Schwartz is a producer of theater, film, and television. She has more than 100 plays, films, television programs, and concerts in Washington, D.C., New York, and London to her credit. Currently she is Executive Producer for Traveling While Black, a multi-platform media project, directed by Oscar-winner Roger Ross-Williams, based on the experiences of African-American travelers during segregation. She is the founder and original producer of Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards.
About the Choral Art Chorus
The Chorus of The Choral Arts Society of Washington is a prestigious symphonic chorus with a rich history of performing locally, nationally, and internationally. Comprised of over 170 singers, the Choral Arts Chorus has a long-standing relationship with the National Symphony Orchestra as guest ensemble, performing with them over 130 times. The Chorus has also performed with other world-class orchestras, conductors, solo artists, and ensembles. Choral Arts has an impressive discography of 19 commercial recordings, and regularly appears on national broadcasts as part of A Capitol Fourth and The Kennedy Center Honors. Choral Arts is an integral part of Washington, D.C. and has deep roots with the changing landscape of, and leadership in, the city, having performed at the opening ceremonies of major buildings and monuments as well as inauguration activities. Opening its 49th season with Legacy and Life: A Musical and Visual Reflection – the first season fully-planned by Artistic Director Scott Tucker, Choral Arts produces an annual concert season at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other prominent venues throughout the D.C. community including a fall concert, a holiday series, a choral tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., two concerts in the spring, and two Concerts for Students.
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